The purpose of the 4+4 Study Abroad Model is to maximize global learning through institutional and student collaboration.  Brown University developed this model with the awareness that students who study abroad often participate in programs where they interact primarily with peers from their home institution, and have little contact with students from the host country. 

Join us this summer to consider Global Political Economics in China and the US. You will have the advantage of taking courses taught by faculty from CUHK and Brown, while sitting beside students from Hong Kong. You will gain practical skills through group work, which will be complemented by lectures and excursions. In China, you will spend a week in Beijing, and in the US you will visit New York City and Washington, DC as part of the academic curriculum.

• Program Overview
• Course Details
• Housing & Meals
• Costs
• Apply

Program Overview

2012 Dates	Hong Kong/Beijing Providence	Jun 2 - Jul 2 Jul 3 - 27
Faculty	Hong Kong	Professor Jing Vivian Zhan Professor Xuhui Simon Shen
	Providence	Professor Mark Blyth
Program Fee	Academic Program Room & Board	$6250 $2641
Prerequisites	None
Eligibility	Undergraduates currently enrolled at a university
Application Deadline	February 15, 2012 (rolling: applications will be accepted beginning in Dec.)
Financial Aid	Limited need-based OIP summer grants will be available for Brown students only.

*Participants are required to complete the program in both Hong Kong and Providence.

Course Details

GLOBAL POLICAL ECONOMY IN CHINA (Part I: CUHK)

Professors Vivian Jing Zhan and Simon Xuhui Shen

This course is designed to survey and analyze the role of China in the global political and economic system. Within the framework of major international relations theories, it will discuss China’s evolving ties with other major global and regional actors and analyze China’s changing roles and impacts.

This course begins with a review of China’s rise in the global political economy and the evolution of China’s foreign policymaking. After the brief introduction, we will examine China’s foreign relations with major global and regional players, such as the United States, Europe, other developing countries, and the Asian community. We will then assess China’s roles in some crucial issues for global security and stability, such as nuclear nonproliferation and the war on terror.

 

GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE US (Part II: Brown)

Professor Mark Blyth, Political Science, Brown University

This course is designed to compliment the work you have completed already in Hong Kong. There the focus was the role of China in the global political and economic system. In this half of the course we place what you have learned there in the context of American hegemonic dominance and ask whether the rise of China and other powers spells the end of the US centered system.

This course begins with a review of America's rise to power after world war two and the great depression. We analyze both the ideas that informed this order and the institutions constructed to maintain it. We discuss the issue of whether US power constitutes an empire, a more benign 'hegemony,' or whether the US simply exercises 'leadership' in the global economy through the provision of certain global public goods. We examine American perceptions of the rise of China as well as the realities of US China economic and security arrangements. We stress the financial and trade interdependencies of the US-China relationship, particularly global imbalances, and we discuss how Europe fits into this global network of production, consumption and credit. We close by examining US relations with other East Asian and BRIC powers impact the US-China relationship and the world economy as a whole. There will also be two field trips, one to Washington DC and one to New York City.

 

Housing & Meals

In Hong Kong, students will reside in dormatories on the CUHK campus. Meals will not be included in the program fee, but are easily accessible through one of the campus canteens. Additionally, students will have access to common kitchen areas where they can prepare their own food. For the visit to Beijing, students will stay in a hotel. Some meals will be included during this excursion, but students should anticipate covering the majority of their meals.

In Providence, students will reside in the Brown dormatories and will have a set meal plan. For the overnight in Washington, DC, students will spend the night in a hotel. Lunch will be covered during this visit, but students will be responsible for arranging their own dinner.

Costs

	USD	Includes
Academic Fee	$6250	Tuition for two Brown courses All academic programming and related excursions including entry fees, transportation, etc.
Room & Board	$2641	Accommodations in CUHK Dormatories Hotel in Beijing Accommodations in Brown Dormatories Hotel in Washington DC Limited meals during excursions

 

Other Costs Not Included
	Estimate	Notes
Int'l Flights	$1200	to Hong Kong, from Beijing
Incidentals	$400	Personal expenses incurred
Other meals	$1250	With the exception of some excursions, students will pay for meals on their own. Kitchen facilities will be made available in dormatories. Meals are estimated at $25 per day.

Apply

Apply by downloading the Brown Summer Study Abroad Application, and returning the completed form via email to Dana_Pratt@brown.edu.

Updated: January 29, 2009